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Propellant Development
Team Lead: Richard Nakka
Responsibilities
The rocket propellant provides
the energy that will loft the rocket vehicle to space.
Since the sugar propellant is a relatively low energy
propellant, a enormous quantity is needed. The large size
of the propellant grains will be, by far, the largest
ever produced .The Propellant Development Team will have
the responsibility of developing means of preparing and
casting such large grains in a safe, timely, and efficient
manner. An additional responsibility will be investigating
the modification of the basic propellant formulation to
ensure predictable and suitable performance needed for
a vehicle of this size.
* Large grain casting, development
* Large grain casting, testing & quality control
* Large batch propellant preparation techniques
* Safety procedures development
* Casting equipment design, fabrication and testing
* Casting tube development, design and testing
* Raw material sourcing and procurement
* Miscellaneous propellant testing
* Propellant modification and characterization
Team Members
* Richard Nakka, Team Lead
* Randy Dormans - propellant casting development
* Matthew McFarland - oxidizer mill development
* Chris Richards
* Jose Miraglia
* Vlad Mateica
* Brent Rider
* Antoon Vyverman
* Serge Pipko
* Rich Hansen
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Project
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